A suit accusing minor league baseball owner Marvin Goldklang of "treason" for supporting a reorganization that eliminated a Tennessee-based franchise and 42 other teams has been dismissed by a New Jersey federal judge.
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Judge Axes Former Team's Suit Over Minor League Shake-Up

By David Steele

A suit accusing minor league baseball owner Marvin Goldklang of "treason" for supporting a reorganization that eliminated a Tennessee-based franchise and 42 other teams has been dismissed by a New Jersey federal judge.

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NJ Atty Disciplined For Leaving Client Claims In 'Limbo'

By Emily Sawicki

The New Jersey Supreme Court last week reprimanded an attorney who left clients in "limbo" for years over their potential environmental contamination claims against drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb.

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Philly Joins MDL Against Drug Cos., PBMs Over Insulin Prices

By Bonnie Eslinger

Philadelphia on Tuesday sued drug manufacturers Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi, along with several pharmacy benefit managers, joining multidistrict litigation in New Jersey federal court accusing the companies of illegally inflating the price of insulin.

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Analysis

Fast-Track Court Fights Shaped Immigration Litigation In 2025

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Supreme Court’s use of the emergency docket drove 2025’s biggest immigration decisions, with the justices stepping in repeatedly to stay nationwide injunctions, greenlight key parts of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, and in some cases preserve due process rights. Here, Law360 looks at the year’s key immigration decisions.

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Feature

Top New Jersey Cases Of 2025

By George Woolston

New Jersey courts saw some history-making litigation come to a close over the course of 2025, including the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state and the first clergy abuse trial verdict since the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse claims was extended. Another notable development was the state's federal bench exercising a rarely used authority to reject President Donald Trump's pick for interim U.S. attorney.

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POLICY & REGULATION

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Notable New Jersey Legislation In 2025

By Carla Baranauckas

New Jersey lawmakers delivered policy shifts in 2025, advancing measures in criminal justice, workplace regulation and emerging technology.

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OCC Wants To Preempt State Mortgage Escrow Interest Laws

By Hailey Konnath

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has unveiled a pair of proposals aiming to, among other things, preempt state laws requiring banks it regulates to make interest payments for escrow accounts connected to certain types of residential mortgage loans, calling it a "critical tool for reducing unnecessary burden."

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Feature

State Telecom Roundup: AGs Step Up War On Robocalls

By Nadia Dreid

Americans have been pummeled by more than 2.5 billion robocalls every month this year, and stanching the onslaught has become one of the more bipartisan issues in national politics. Federal and state authorities also agree on the magnitude of the issue, and the nation's attorneys general are teaming up for battle across the country at the state level.

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LITIGATION

Johnson & Johnson Hit With $1.5B Talc Verdict In Baltimore

By Emily Field

A Baltimore jury late Monday returned a walloping verdict of more than $1.5 billion in favor of a woman who claimed that Johnson & Johnson talc products caused her mesothelioma, which her attorneys say is the largest verdict against the company for a single plaintiff.

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Amazon Escapes Suit Over Conn. Construction Site Nooses

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut federal judge has dismissed a racial discrimination lawsuit against Amazon by five electricians who said they found eight nooses displayed in a warehouse being built, finding the online retailer did not have enough control over the premises while it was under construction to face possible liability.

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DHS Ordered To Restore $233M Grants To 'Sanctuary' States

By Chris Villani

A Rhode Island federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate $233 million in funding to immigration "sanctuary jurisdictions," finding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had illegally terminated the grants for political reasons.

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BANKRUPTCY

Judge Says Ashley Stewart Ch. 11 Was Unauthorized

By Rick Archer

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge on Tuesday dismissed the Chapter 11 case of plus-size clothing retailer Ashley Stewart, saying it had been filed without proper authority by board members appointed in violation of a state court order.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025

By Tracey Read

Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.

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ITC Atty's 1st Kids' Book Imagines A Santa-Less Christmas

By Dani Kass

Michelle Klancnik, assistant general counsel at the U.S. International Trade Commission, spends her days looking into when imports should be banned for violating intellectual property rights, but outside work, she​'s focused on one big question: What would happen if Santa took a year off?

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Ex-Oura CEO Pushes To DQ Quinn Emanuel In Firing Suit

By Emily Sawicki

The onetime CEO of fitness tracker company Oura Health is pushing to disqualify Quinn Emanuel from representing the smart ring maker in his compensation suit, telling a San Francisco federal judge that he shared confidential information when he consulted with the firm about his claims prior to filing suit.

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NYC Bar Issues Opinion On AI Use For Recording Client Calls

By Tracey Read

The New York City Bar Association's Professional Ethics Committee has issued an opinion addressing how the New York Rules of Professional Conduct impacts the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, transcribe and create summaries of conversations in audio and video calls between attorneys and their clients.

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Ex-DOJ Employees Fight Gov't Bid To Toss Their Firing Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

An ex-assistant U.S. attorney and two other former Justice Department employees urged a Washington, D.C., federal court on Tuesday to deny the government's motion to dismiss their lawsuit claiming they were unlawfully fired, arguing an internal government employment board isn't appropriate for their cases and is controlled by President Donald Trump.

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Top Delaware Chancery Cases Of 2025: A Year-End Report

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court closed out 2025 amid a period of institutional uncertainty, as landmark cases addressing fiduciary duty, executive compensation, board oversight and the limits of equitable power unfolded against the backdrop of sweeping legislative changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

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Hub Hires: Cooley, Morgan Lewis, Nixon Peabody

By Chris Villani

The end of the year marked the beginning of new chapters for plenty of Boston attorneys, as Cooley added more than 30 professionals to its life sciences team, Morgan Lewis snagged an intellectual property partner, and Nixon Peabody beefed up its cybersecurity practice.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Arnall Golden

Baron & Budd

Brown Kiely

Burakiewicz & DePriest

Calcagni & Kanefsky

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cozen O'Connor

Dean Omar

Dechert LLP

Dilworth Paxson

Duane Morris

Dynamis LLP

Foley & Lardner

Garrison Levin-Epstein

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Grossman Young

Hargrove Firm

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Jackson Lewis PC

Jenner & Block

Kaufman Dolowich

Kirkland & Ellis

Kozyak Tropin

Latham & Watkins

Levin Papantonio

Litchfield Cavo

Lowell & Associates

Mandelbaum Barrett

Mark S. Zaid PC

McDermott Will & Schulte

McManimon Scotland

Milbank LLP

Morgan Lewis

Nixon Peabody

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Porzio Bromberg

Quinn Emanuel

Schwartz White

Seeger Weiss

Seyfarth Shaw

Shipman & Goodwin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Skadden Arps

Susman Godfrey

Tacopina Seigel

Troutman

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3M Co.

Activision Blizzard Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Association of University Professors

American Civil Liberties Union

Apple Inc.

Arizona Diamondbacks

Ashley Stewart Holdings Inc.

BNP Paribas SA

Bandwidth Inc.

Bank of America Corp.

CVS Health Corp.

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

Eli Lilly & Co.

George Washington University

Inteliquent Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

Lumen Technologies Inc.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Migration Policy Institute

New York City Bar Association

New York Yankees

Nike Inc.

Novo Nordisk A S

OptumRx Inc.

Peerless Network Inc.

Sanofi

Stanford University

Tesla Inc.

The Boeing Co.

The Trade Desk Inc.

TripAdvisor Inc.

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Wayne J. Griffin Electric Inc.

Wingspire Capital LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland

Delaware Court of Chancery

Delaware General Assembly

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

Missouri Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Supreme Court

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Social Security Administration

Tennessee Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado